Lenovo partners with Nextworth 9/24/2013

NY Dept of Sanitation partners  with ERI 9/13/2013

Blancco adds Arrow, Cloud Blue, CSI Leasing to ITAD Partner Program   7/31/2013

Highlight Networks intends to acquire Acme Electronics Recycling 8/1/2013

Capital Scrap Metal acquires Coastal Scrap Metal  8/5/2013

Arcoa Group acquires Miller Electronics Recycling 7/17/13

Vintage Tech partners with Goodwill Industries 7/2/13

Green Technology Solutions partners with Chilerecicia 6/25/13

Outerwall acquires ecoATM  6/17/13

E-Waste Systems acquires Surf Investments 5/29/13

Sims partners with CheckMEND 5/16/13

AERC acquires 2nd Solutions 3/18/13

Falcon Investment  Advisors invests in ecoATM  2/10/2013  

EWasteSystems/Tanke
stock/royalty swap 2/7/13

Kuusakoski/SWEEP Joint venture 1/5/2013

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Rechargeable Batteries a Recycling Challenge: Low collection rates are caused by difficult removal from products, inconsistent longevity and; hoarding...more (Waste Management World)

First CEA eCycling Leadership Initiative Award in Billion Pound Challenge goes to Best Buy, Dell, HP and Samsung.  So far, responsible recycling by the consumer electronics industry is on track, having recycled 585 million pounds in 2012...more (Robotics Tomorrow)

EU 2020 e-Cycling Projected at $1.8 Billion:  New WEEE collection targets  and higher landfill prices  will boost European recycling  market from $1.3 billion in 2012...more (Recycling International)

Judge Admonishes Vermont Recycling Agency for negotiating in bad faith.  Northeast Resource Recovery Association designed Vermont's e-waste collection network, then ran it or two years. NRRA won the bid again in 2013, but VT awarded the contract to the second bidder...more (Addison County Independent)

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Additives to make polymers biodegradable: A new additive can be  blended with polymeric material to create a biodegradable product...more (Patent)

Technical Articles

Recycling Lithium and Nickel-Metal Hydride Batteries: How Life Cycle Analysis can be used to choose materials in product design, in this case lithium and nickel-hydride batteries...more 

Dismantle or Remanufacture?  Deciding whether a returned end-of-use product should be remanufactured and sold or dismantled into parts that can be reused, given different inventory levels...more 

CRT Funnel Glass Management Options in the US: Of the five waste management options: hazardous waste landfill, municipal waste landfill, pyrometallurgy, closed-loop recycling, and hydrometallurgy, from environmental and economic standpoints... pyrometallurgy appears to be the most environmentally friendly and economical. However, hydrometallurgy has the lowest health impact. It also has greater opportunity for process improvement and is more geographically flexible including potential on-site implementation...more

Application of Delphi-AHP  to Select WEEE Priorities:  Delphi-AHP modeling offers an efficient way to select WEEE items to be regulated, letting policy-makers identify priorities.  Modeling targeted the top 10 target recycling products for the expanded WEEE list as...more

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